Getting Rid of Bradley is a contemporary romance novel written by Jennifer Crusie and first published in 1994, with a reissue in 2008.

[2] On her website, Crusie noted that writing this novel helped her realize that dogs can be critical to stories.

Her husband failed to appear in divorce court, she is shot at, but thinking she is being mugged, she assaults the cop who saved her, and then accidentally dyes her hair green.

Zach Warren, the detective she assaulted, is convinced that Lucy's ex-husband, Bradley Porter, is involved in an embezzlement plot carried out by his close high school friend, John Bradley, and that the attempts on Lucy's life are related.

Through a series of deadly situations, including a car bomb and an exploding bed, Zach is constantly at Lucy's side to protect her, until John Bradley shows up looking for the bonds he has embezzled, which the police have already confiscated.